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  1. Logan

    R2 Launch Watch

    Yeah. Unless they somehow subsidize things a lot for the early reservation holders (unlikely), I'm thinking $80-90k. What I do hope, is at least for people on the forum here, if there is any special discount/features available in the launch edition, and we are unable to purchase (because, uh...
  2. Logan

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    I had similar thoughts. But on the offroading practical front, without air suspension, you're going to limit the wheel travel quite a bit with large tires that fill the wheel wells. Although air suspension cranked to high clearance mode also limits wheel travel, just in a different way. You...
  3. Logan

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    I've got an TT-30 - L14-30R adapter, that simply bonds both phases of plug, to the same 120v input. This means that any 120v load in the home works, but the 240v stuff can't. So with a physical transfer switch, I just shut down those circuits. My electricity costs are $0.1064/kwh. There...
  4. Logan

    Please no erev!

    You may have seen it, but recently I did an 850 mile road trip in my EV, that I usually do in my PHEV vehicle. As someone who has made the transition, and understands long road trips like you’re talking about, I have one suggestion. Next time you take a road trip, count your stops, and time...
  5. Logan

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    Great input. I'm a bit lucky in this case, in the sense that I really can only feasibly run 120v loads in my home, and have no truly essential 240v loads. We have propane fireplace and cooktop, heat pump for cooling/heat, and a yuuuuge 80amp backup resistive heater for when its too cold for...
  6. Logan

    What's the current timeline??

    Short version of ladder frame. For the longest time, a vehicle was built using a frame, with a body that was bolted onto it. Frames got better over time, and now mostly look a bit like "ladders", because they are effectively 2 main frame rails, with cross bracing. They look like this. Easy to...
  7. Logan

    Phone cooler

    Yeah, this is basically exclusive to wireless charging, particularly while its sunny out. Like you said though, just plugging it in, and moving it to the shade fixes it. I've heard some brands doing active cooling on the wireless charger pads, but I think thats still fairly uncommon.
  8. Logan

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    All good input. Locally we have fixed utility rates, so no peak shaving to be done. And most of our power outages locally are in the winter, overnight. So solar is less of a consideration for me at the moment. PNW winter time is very dark/rainy, so I'm not convinced that even relatively large...
  9. Logan

    Turning off ALL notification beeps.

    I'm on my first vehicle with parking sensors, and yes, it does freak out and beep every, single, time I pull into or out of the garage (unless I manually silence the beeps, which turns them off for the whole power cycle of the vehicle). Location dependent proximity sensor settings would be...
  10. Logan

    Subscriptions / Updates

    The legacy support part is definitely a consideration, I totally get that. Even worse when you consider things like what happened when 3g support was yanked by carriers. Updates for new phones/standards, is a tricky subject. If push came to shove, I think I would probably rather pay a one...
  11. Logan

    Modular add-ons

    I've just heard so many horror stories of sunroofs and other things leaking, to want to worry about that here, where it is raining 7-9 months of the year. But I totally get the appeal. Glass roof I worry about breaking some (just another thing to go wrong compared to a steel roof), but luckily...
  12. Logan

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    Yeah, this is exactly what I've been waiting on/thinking about. A critical loads panel with effectively what would amount to a large UPS would mean that if the power went out while we were gone, the fridge/freezer stuff would stay good automagically. Plus some things like main area lights would...
  13. Logan

    Subscriptions / Updates

    Good old Peanut Butter Yellow. (I know, I know. But even after all this time, I still see that first) (I might be broken in some way :P). To the OP's point though, I also don't want required subscriptions. Obviously things like the heated seat fiasco come to mind (with BMW). But also...
  14. Logan

    Phone cooler

    I think I have an iphone... 14? 13? I don't really keep track/care. I can wirelessly charge with my phones case on it. But when it overheated the first time I took the case off, and tried again (I was on a 15hr road trip, so I didn't mind taking it off for that). But that didn't help it at all...
  15. Logan

    The Garage (What did you work on today?)

    I've been low key considering a home backup system for a few years now. I keep going back and forth between something small/portable that would work for camping as well (with a TT-30 plug, that I can plug into my homes manual transfer switch), or something larger that is fixed in place more...
  16. Logan

    Phone cooler

    Not at all. It happens even in cars with the AC on at reasonable levels. I had this happen on my road trip to Utah recently. Phone laying flat on the wireless charger in the center console, AC set to 70f. Phone overheated multiple times, and stopped charging (my iphone doesn't turn off, it...
  17. Logan

    Please no erev!

    Increasing the buffer size for towing makes sense to me (what scout is doing). Increasing the size of the battery for towing makes sense to me (sort of, its a design choice to carry more battery around for towing, which is questionable when you already have a v6 gas engine for power, and a 27...
  18. Logan

    Please no erev!

    Wow, this is asinine.
  19. Logan

    Extra, Extra....Read All About It!

    Lol, yep. No one wants to go far out of their way/comfort zone to go see them :P. Well, other than some of the forumites that loiter around here :D. I've got a recommendation on a place, but I really doubt that scout is looking here looking for their next destination, especially for places...
  20. Logan

    R2 Launch Watch

    This is exactly the main way I've felt it as well. In terms of passenger space/volume.
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